Business Notables

Caitlin Groeneveld

Spring Arbor University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to elect Brent Ellis as the Christian liberal arts school's 30th president effective Aug. 16. He succeeds Charles Webb, who is retiring Aug. 15. Ellis has served as special assistant to the president and then vice president for university advancement for the past five years. He also served on the university executive team. The university has a satellite campus in Battle Creek.

Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday announced the appointment of Coldwater's Kathleen Barone to the state Board of Examiners in Mortuary Science. The nine-member board oversees the state's nearly 750 funeral homes and more than 2,100 mortuary science licenses. Barone is expected to serve a four-year term ending June 30, 2017.

Snyder also announced the reappointment of Battle Creek's Frank Peterson to the Michigan Board of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. The nine-member board assists in overseeing the practice of more than 840 state podiatrists. His reappointment is set to expire June 30, 2017.

Kalamazoo's Bronson Neuroscience Center recently hired neurologist Dr. Simeon Zou and pediatric nurse practitioner Caitlin Groeneveld. Zou has a medical degree from Shanghai Second Medical University in Shanghai, China, and completed his neurology residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis. Groeneveld has a master's degree in nursing from the University of Tennessee.